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A New Zealand PhD student is investigating the worth of the unpaid services provided by pharmacies – as well as how much they cost pharmacy, and the effect on patient …

The sustainability of the PBS has been highlighted by the release of Productivity Commission data which puts the cost of the PBS per person at a 10 year low, says …

An online petition to stop England’s 6% funding cut to pharmacy has attracted more than 13,000 signatures (as of January 27), prompting a response from the Government. “Pharmacy provides a …

Arthritis Australia is calling for an urgent review of care arrangements for people with knee and back pain following a Four Corners report that millions of health dollars are being …

A survey from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine has found that 70% of patients in emergency departments are waiting more than eight hours to get a hospital bed after …

The release of the Final Budget Outcomes for 2014‑15 has revealed policy reforms are continuing to put downward pressure on PBS expenditure, says Medicines Australia. The final Budget papers released …

AMA President, Professor Brian Owler, said today that comments from the Health Minister about the latest Medicare data suggest that the Government is setting the scene for Health budget cuts …

Medicare is now being billed over one million times a day for the first time in history, as new figures show growth in claims outstripped the number of new patients …

Talk of expanding the GST to meet rising health costs is like prescribing the medicine before completing the diagnosis, says the Consumers Health Forum. “Tax is only part of the …